Pakistan's million heroin addicts

[realFedUp]

Interesting bit about Pakistan having a million
heroin addicts and opium at Iran house parties...
bet you can get all the booze, drugs and sex you want
inside the Green Zone and on Iraq's military bases.
Might be one of the Iraqi and American soldiers can't
live and train together in units....

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0507310316jul31,1,7950507.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

Booze ban at Iraq airport raises fears of Islamic law

snip - from http://www.juancole.com

Alcohol sales have been banned at Baghdad airport. I suspect that the whole country will be dry soon. The evidence from Iran and Pakistan, though, is that if people cannot get booze they turn to other drugs. Pakistan has a million heroin addicts, and I've heard that at middle class parties in Iran, if the hosts don't offer opium they are considered cheap. In the meantime, I suppose the good news is that if there was anyplace you'd just as soon nervous airplane staff couldn't get hold of liquor, it is Baghdad airport.

More evidence that war is bad for human beings: A forthcoming paper will suggest that Gulf War vets exposed to toxic chemicals are at higher risk for brain cancer.